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I want a new camera. I have been researching for days and these are the ones it's come down to. Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom: Electronics (http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerShot-Digital-Optical-Stabilized/dp/B000Q3043Y/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1195087748&sr=8-4) is also an option, but it's a lot of money and I have no desire to go pro or even semi-pro. I just want to take good pictures of my kids. The G9 has all the features I want except it seems like it'd be too heavy or bulky.

Any one have any of these cameras and can give a personal review?

sorry no experience with those

Amazon.com: Canon PowerShot SX100IS 8MP Digital Camera with 10x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Black): Camera & Photo (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V1VG4W/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top)
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Any one have any of these cameras and can give a personal review?

I know this is an old post, but I just got this one and I like it so far. Keep in mind, though, that I know squat about photography. The pictures in my Christmas pictures thread were taken with that camera. I love the zoom on it!

I ended up going with the A720IS and I couldn't be happier with it.

I ended up going with the A720IS and I couldn't be happier with it.

We got this a few months back and love it. My parents bought one first and then we got one.

One thing that really struck me, is that in our situation and I am sure there are others, we had a $500 camera from a few years back and felt like, well we have this expensive digital camera. However, the technology has gone up so much and the prices come down, that spending $250ish (I think we actually paid less than that but got a memory card) we got a camera that was sooooooooo much better than our old one. I even like taking the little movies with this thing. Anyhow, this new camera makes our old digital photos look so bad lol I wish we had upgraded sooner. One of my goals it to really learn how to use this camera because it does a lot!

Yeah I want to learn how to use it too, maybe buy another lens for it. It has been my best camera so far.

I ended up going with the A720IS and I couldn't be happier with it.

I just got the step down , a570IS and I love it ,too:)

My husband has the step down and he loves it too. He actually recommended the one I have to me.